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RHONE Red Wine
RED RHONE 2 - Cote Rôtie and Hermitage
- Listed by DOMAINE
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DOMAINE
ETIENNE GUIGAL
According to Robert Parker this is
one of the best domaine's in all of France, and certainly the TOP
source for excellent Cote Rôtie and
St. Joseph.
Their top single vineyard cuvees are world famous and have prices to
match! (La Mouline, La Turque and La Landonne), but their 'Brune & Blonde'
Cote Rôtie is a wonderful 'value for money' wine that we can highly recommend.
We will in future also stock some of their top cuvees for those of you
who 'want the best'! |
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75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Brune & Blonde'
E.
Guigal
RP -
The 2005 Cote Rôtie Brune et
Blonde is the fullest-bodied, most complete and deepest of this quartet.
Its dark garnet color is followed by a big, sweet nose of bacon fat,
cassis, jammy cherries, and peppery herbs. Full-bodied and lush, it is
ideal for drinking over the next 10-12 years. |
2005 |
£37.00 |
RP92
2009-24 |
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36 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Brune & Blonde'
E.
Guigal
RP -
The 2001 Cote Rôtie Brune et
Blonde exhibits an herb and tapenade-scented nose with hints of smoke,
bacon fat, red currants, raspberries, and figs. |
2001 |
£31.00 |
RP88
2007-15 |
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18 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Chateau d'Ampuis'
E.
Guigal
RP -
The fabulous 2005 Cote
Rôtie Chateau d’Ampuis is a resounding success. This is the first
vintage where Guigal’s newest acquisition, the Syrah from the Viria
Vineyard (essentially a fourth single vineyard), is included in the
blend. Dark ruby/purple to the rim, it boasts an extraordinary
bouquet of ground pepper, crème de cassis, blackberries, coffee,
bacon fat, and herbs. With outstanding concentration, huge tannin,
and massive intensity as well as extract, it needs 7-8 years of
cellaring, and should keep for 30-35 years. |
2005 |
£77.00 |
RP98
2015-38TOP Vintage |
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10 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Chateau d'Ampuis'
E.
Guigal
RP -
The extraordinary 1998 Cote
Rôtie Chateau d'Ampuis is more structured, powerful, and concentrated
than the 1997. My ratings for the component parts ranged from a low of
90-92 for La Grande Plantee, to a high of 94-96 for La Pommiere and
Pavillon Rouge. All revealed huge colours, earthy, smoky noses with
bacon fat and black currants, and various degrees of tannin. This is
unquestionably a vintage for patient connoisseurs as it requires
cellaring. It is dense, chewy, and muscular. |
1998 |
£77.00 |
RP95
2009-28TOP Vintage |
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4 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'La Mouline'
E.
Guigal
RP -
More tannic and concentrated
than the 2000, the 2001 La Mouline reveals notes of smoky bacon fat
intertwined with acacia flowers, blackberries, raspberries, and a hint
of espresso. Full-bodied, deep, rich, and extraordinarily perfumed,
but with a backward, firm, tannic finish, it should be at its peak
between 2010-2023. |
2001 |
£218.00 |
RP97
2010-23BIN END PRICE |
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3 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'La Turque'
E.
Guigal
RP -
Meaty and rich, with notes
of Asian spices, espresso roast, creosote, blackberries, and cherries,
the 2001 Cote Rôtie La Turque is an earthy, powerful, tannic effort
with a long, heady, rich finish, and crisper acids than the 2000.
Give it 5-8 years of cellaring, and consume it over the following 20-25
years. |
2001 |
£220.00 |
RP97
2004-29BIN END PRICE |
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9 |
75cl
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St. Joseph
'Vignes de Hospices'
E.
Guigal
RP -
The 2005 St.-Joseph Vignes
de l’Hospice boasts a dense purple hue, huge tannin, but massive
concentration and intensity. Minerality, floral notes, and an
impression of a blockbuster Syrah walking on a tightrope are present in
this brilliantly executed and etched wine. |
2005 |
£56.00 |
RP95
2012-32BIN END PRICE |
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DOMAINE
RENÉ ROSTAING
An excellent producer with top
vineyard holdings, using traditional wine making methods coupled with
modern technology.
His wines are very classic, expressive pure and long-lived (especially
his top cuvees).
We highly recommend this domaine! |
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11 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'La Landonne'
Rostaing
RP -
One of the three finest
wines made from this great site, the 2006 Cote Rôtie La Landonne boasts
a deep ruby/purple hue as well as notes of ground pepper, smoked herbs,
roasted meats, cassis, and violets. Displaying excellent fruit, medium
to full body, and serious richness as well as depth, it should drink
well for 10-15 years. |
2006 |
£49.00 |
RP92
2009-24 |
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6 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'La Landonne'
Rostaing
RP -
Revealing more structure and
definition than the regular bottling, the 2003 Cote Rôtie La Landonne
offers more scorched earth, camphor, blackberry, and roasted meat
characteristics. Last year this cuvee displayed no acidity, but that is
not the case from bottle (perhaps the use of 50% stems helped). Rostaing
admits that analytically, there is practically no acid in this wine, so
it will age on its extraordinary extract and richness. |
2003 |
£100.00 |
RP97
2006-21BIN END PRICE |
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23 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Cote Blonde'
Rostaing
ST -
Bright red. Deep, youthfully
brooding aromas of black raspberry, cherry, cured meat and botanical
herbs. More serious than the Landonne, with more powerful, chewy dark
fruit flavours and suave floral pastille, Indian spice and anise
qualities. There's an exotic Campari-like note here as well. Velvety
tannins gain strength on the impressively long finish, which strongly
repeats the cherry and herbal notes. |
2006 |
£62.00 |
ST94
2009-24 |
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12 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Cote Blonde'
Rostaing
ST -
Deep ruby. Initially more
closed than the Landonne but quickly opened to show deep, rich mulberry
and kirsch aromas, with intense, exotic floral and spice accents. Really
expands in the mouth, offering explosive, highly concentrated dark berry
flavours. Fine, dusty tannins give shape and structure to this wine,
while juicy acidity extends the finish. This is more elegant and
graceful today than the Landonne, as well as richer and even longer.
A
standout in a great vintage. |
2005 |
£98.00 |
ST97
2011-24TOP Vintage |
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47 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Cote Blonde'
Rostaing
ST -
Explosive, intensely
perfumed bouquet encompasses smoky red and dark berries, cherry, fresh
and dried flowers and an intriguing minerality. Deep in concentrated
blackberry and raspberry preserve flavours but also boasts superb
freshness and clarity. The bright, tangy finish doesn't want to quit,
throwing off notes of floral pastille, graphite, tobacco and sweet red
and dark berries. The wine's tannins are overwhelmed by sweet fruit. |
2004 |
49.00 |
ST94
Now-2020 |
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21 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Cote Blonde'
Rostaing
ST - Deep red-ruby. Blackberry, truffle,
bacon fat, coffee and black pepper on the wild
nose; a bit less extravagant and more
sophisticated today than the Landonne. Dense and
large-scaled but more reserved than the
Landonne, despite its generosity of texture.
Finishes with huge but very fine tannins and
great persistence. Today, this conveys a
stronger impression of terroir than Rostaing's
other 2003s. Again, Rostaing wondered out loud
if this and the Landonne are "typical"
Cote-Roties, but they are undeniably
impressive. "In 1999, we were shocked by the
ripeness of our fruit, but we're now getting
used to the warmer climate," Rostaing admitted.
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2003 |
£112.00 |
ST97
2008-22 |
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21 |
75cl
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Cote Rôtie
'Cote Blonde'
Rostaing
ST -
Good deep red-ruby.
Explosive, wonderfully sweet aromas of red berries, bacon fat and wood
smoke. Fatter, sweeter and more opulent than the Landonne, but at the
same time finer-grained and even more intensely flavoured. Today this
comes across as less peppery and more fruit-driven. Very rich and very
long on the end. |
2001 |
£77.00 |
ST93
Now - 2024 |
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DOMAINE
P. JABOULET
A very good domaine making full
bodied and tasty wines.
Their Hermitage 'La Chapelle' is is one of the best value top Hermitage
wines to be had, when compared to prices of other top growers. |
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34 |
75cl |
Crozes-Hermitage
'Thalabert'
Jaboulet
Wine Spectator-
Open-knit for the
vintage, with juicy briar, raspberry and black cherry flavours, backed
by a slightly tangy mineral note on the finish. |
2005 |
£25.00 |
WS89
Now -2014 |
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36 |
75cl |
Hermitage
'La Petite Chapelle'
Jaboulet
Wine Spectator-
Sleek, with a
pure, racy beam of raspberry and mixed red and black cherry fruit,
stitched together with hints of mineral, grilled herb and a dash of
sweet spice.
Has a fresh, racy finish. |
2005 |
£45.00 |
WS91
Now - 2020TOP Vintage |
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40 |
75cl |
Hermitage
'La Chapelle'
Jaboulet
Wine Spectator-
Very juicy, with
nice drive to the black currant and boysenberry fruit, which is pushed
by dark plum sauce, black liquorice and sweet toast notes.
The long,
fleshy finish shows the polished grip of the vintage |
2005 |
£90.00 |
WS93
2010-28TOP Vintage |
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11 |
150cl |
Hermitage
'La Chapelle'
Jaboulet
As above but Magnums! |
2005 |
£184.00 |
WS93
2010-28TOP Vintage |
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36 |
75cl |
Hermitage
'La Chapelle'
Jaboulet
RP-
The 1997 Hermitage La
Chapelle has begun to completely close down, which is surprising in view
of how sweet, seductive, and precocious this vintage can be. However,
the colour seems to get deeper with exposure to air (the wine was far
more drinkable after 24 hours of aeration than it was upon opening).
This is an outstanding Hermitage La Chapelle that will have at least
three decades of positive evolution. For readers intent on
committing infanticide, open and decant it 12-24 hours in advance. The
improvement is dramatic. Perhaps it is Jacques Jaboulet's preference to
bottle with very high levels of CO2 (1200 ppm) that makes this wine so
difficult to taste in its youth. |
1997 |
£82.00 |
RP93
2007-25 |
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36 |
75cl |
St. Joseph
'Grande Pompee'
Jaboulet
Wine Spectator -
Primal, with a
beam of raspberry fruit and toast that gives way to a slightly crisp
finish. There's not a lot of range, but this is solid enough. |
2005 |
£21.00 |
WS87
Now - 2011 |
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